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Trippy, ac8s here. I too, love contesting, and as an avid contester for 32 years, know a great contest when I see great participation in it! Well, here s an

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, Dec 31, 2009

Trippy, ac8s
here.

I too, love contesting, and as
an avid contester for 32 years, know a great contest when I see great
participation in it!

Well, heres an opportunity for
you to be in another contest.Its
called the cq100 SweepStakes, which operates on a new mode, called cq100.

See the contest announcement
below, and I sure hope to work you in SweepStakes, the first weekend in
January.

Also, please forward this to
every contester you know.

take care,

Sincerely,

Trippy, ac8s

the first annual cq100
sweepstakes

sponsored by: Trippy Brown,
ac8s

If youve never participated in
sweepstakes, youre missing out on some serious fun!

The wonderful thing is, in the
cq100 sweepstakes, you wont have splatter from neighboring stations, because of
digital tuning.

The goal of the cq100
sweepstakes is to make as many contacts as you can, work all 50 US states, all
Canadian provinces, and all dx countries.

However, you dont have to do
that.Just get on, and have some
fun, working stations for an hour, a couple hours, or, whatever amount of time
you want to work the contest.

Dont sit this contest out, even
if you never have been in a contest before.Come on in, get your feet wet, the water
is fine, so, get on the air and have some fun!If you send in your log, great, if not,
great too!

starts 2300z or 6PM EST, Friday,
January 1, 2010

ends 0500z, or 12 midnight EST,
Sunday, January 3, 2010

classes: single op single
station

modes: CW, phone, or mixed.

bands: the cq100 bands of 80,
75, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meters

NOTE--Please do not use the
following calling frequencies:

14.200, the general calling
frequency

14.140, the Canadian calling
frequency

14.058, the cw calling
frequency

3.699, the Finnish calling
frequency

and 3.780, the Swiss calling
frequency

exchange: qso number, beginning
with 001, and when you get to 10, you can type in just 2 digits all the way on
up.precedent, (the only precedent
will be d for digital), your call sign, the check, that is the last 2 digits of
the year you were first licensed, and your section (US stations, give your
state.Canadian stations, give your
province.dx stations your
country.

NOTE--the section must only be
the 2 letter abbreviation of your state, province, or dx country. Example, Mi
for Michigan, On for Ontario, and Au for Australia.

scoring: total number of qsos
equals total qso points, for example, 500 qsos equals 500 points, we want this
scoring easy for people to figure out.

log format: can be in cabrillo,
must be in plain text, or you may do your own log, using Word, or WordPad not
excel.You also can use logging
programs, such as n3fjp, or n1mm software.

Heres an example of what must
be included in each log.

1.your email address, so if you win, I can
contact you.

2.your state, Canadian province, or dx
country

3.the call sign you used during the
contest

4.Anytime you switch bands, you must
indicate that in your log.

5.If you switch modes, from phone to cw,
or, from cw to phone, you must include that.

The reason for this is, you
dont want dupes, (meaning duplicate stations worked on the same band or on the
same mode on a particular band.

7.Heres what each log entry needs to
show:

A.the qso number you sent, from 1 through
9 it would be 001, etc., then from 10 up, just number 10, 11, 100, 1000,
etc.

B.the call sign of the station you
worked

C.your precedence you sent, and its
always d, because its digital, no amount of watts.

D.the check you sent, which is the last 2
digits of the year you were first licensed as a ham.

E.your US state, Canadian province, or
your dx country you sent.

An example of a log entry
follows

55 w3lpl

d

60

Pa.

8.at the end of the log, put the total
number of qsos you worked

So, it would say something like,
total number of qsos is 5432

9.your full name, your mailing address,
and phone number with area code, so I can contact you if I cant get through via
email, to tell you if you won the contest, and give you your choice of what kind
of an award you want, or, if you didnt win, to tell you where you placed in the
contest.

deadline date for submitting
logs: February 1, 2010.

email address to send logs to:
wd8oep2464(at)sbcglobal(dot)net

Will print logs be accepted?
Yes, but only done on a printer, not hand written.

The reason Im being very
specific about logs is, Im blind and can only read plain text files, or files
printed out on a printer through my scanner.

address for sending print logs
to: Harry Brown

2631 Krafft Rd

Apt 211

Port Huron, Mi. 48060

The top winner will receive
his/her choice of a very nice cq100 Sweepstakes first place trophy, metal,
banner, plaque, coffee mug, pendant, patch, key chain, pin, or
certificate!

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